Camp Woodland Blog

We’ve had an exciting beginning to this year’s summer in the Northwoods! The girls are anticipating seeing their brothers at Towering Pines this Saturday for the annual TP/CW campfire. We’ll have skits, jokes, and songs around the campfire and follow it up with the “ooh, ahh, wonderful!” firework display. Keep posted, your next update will be coming soon!

Well, it’s been chilly for the first few days at Camp Woodland, but warmer weather is around the corner! Tomorrow should be sunny and the temperature in the low 70’s.

Speaking of “Letting your Sun Shine”, the campers learned all about this year’s theme during the counselor Inspiration Hour this Sunday. Songs, skits, and stories about inner beauty and trying new things were performed by the counselors for the campers during this Hour. 

            And on Monday, the first session of activities commenced! My swimming lesson classes painted watercolor pictures of the waterfront. We later judged the best paintings based on creativity and the winners included (but were not limited to) Jackie J., Hillary Y., Katrina P., Chelsea T., and Carolyn T. The winners scored double canteen coupons that they could use for an additional candy or soda during recreational swim. By tomorrow we hope to be in the water practicing our strokes!

            This week, we have spent our Evening Activity time either in our cabin groups or at special activities. Some girls sang songs around the campfire with Katie and her guitar. Others danced to the workout video Zumba, and the rest of the girls either played card games, kickball, or volleyball. Now, I can already tell you about the new game sweeping across camp—Pounce! (some people may now it as Nertz) It’s a partner game, each has a full deck of cards between them. It’s a high energy mixture of Skip-Bo and Solitaire and it’s completely addicting! I could not help but share this game with the girls because I was positive they would love it as much as I do.

            The girls have been eager to reconnect with friends they haven’t seen since last summer and mingle with the new girls as well. My cabin, Sunrise, has six 10 year-olds with four returning campers and two girls new to Woodland. It’s great to watch them as they adapt to camp traditions like learning the songs, reciting skits, and having their first Bug Juice moustache!

Dear Parents, Family, & Friends,

            Welcome to the inner circle of the Camp Woodland Family! My name is Liz, counselor and 10 year resident, of the one and only, Camp Woodland for Girls. I recently traveled the world through a program called “Semester at Sea” and word caught on about my travel blog, so now I have been enlisted to be your informant on the happenings of Camp Woodland! So tune in every week for the latest installments, Enjoy!

Dear Blog, July 24, 2008

Wow, it still amazes me how much louder the bell is at 7:30 in the morning. Amanda was awarded camper of the day at assembly and then I was off to sort letters from campfire the night before. There sure were lots! After I helped J* with co-ed show (get excited) I went to ski help. Congrats to Kate for getting up on the kneeboard. I then handed out canteen and enjoyed watching Logan and Fiona crawl around on the beach barking like dogs. Unfortunately I had to share my hour off with Emily and Ada but it was ok because I got first shower ☺.

Signing off forever tear,
Chortle meister

P.S I hate feet
P.P.S. SORRY PENNY!

Dear OD Blog, July 23, 2008
After waking up the hostess this morning I went back to sleep for about a minute before Lucy made me get out of bed. At breakfast I realized that I was hopper as well. Hopper and O.D on the same day, pretty tiring. In the morning I helped get ready for camp birthday, cant wait! JoAnne let me go to sail race because so many girls were on EN and they needed me there. I sorted mail and Marichu, that is the biggest package of food I have ever seen! After lunch I vacuumed the C.C and then observed my cabin. Love ya starshine! Ski help was fun and the girls really love tubing, but I was definitely excited to have my hour off. I needed a shower, I was starting to smell.
‘Til next time,
Bobby Booshea

P.S “It’s Herbal so you know it’s good”